2015 Event Myanmar President Thein Sein implements a population control law requiring women to wait three years between children; critics believe the law can be used to oppress women as well as minority religion and ethnic populations in the country 2010 Event Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calls for the US to be expelled from the international nuclear system because religion prohibits the use of nuclear weapons 1960 Birthday Michael Stipe, U.S. rock vocalist, REM-Losing My Religion, Stand 1955 Death Joachim Wach, philosopher/sociologist (Sociology of Religion), dies 1946 Birthday Sammy Johns, rocker, Politics, Religion and Her 1921 Birthday Karel van het Reve, Dutch Slavist, Comrade's Religion 1890 Birthday Gerardus van der Leeuw, Dutch religion historian/minister of Education 1882 Birthday Simon F H J Berkelbach Van der Sprenkel, theologist, Fear and Religion 1852 Birthday Charles Taze Russell, religion founder, Jehovah's Witnesses 1839 Event Palace of Gulhane Turkey, freedom of religion proclaimed 1829 Event English Emancipation Act grants freedom of religion to Catholics 1823 Birthday Ernest Renan, French philosopher/historian/scholar of religion 1750 Death Wilhelmus Schortinghuis, theologist (Christian religion), dies at 50 1740 Event King Frederik II of Prussia ends torture and guarantees religion and freedom of the press 1711 Death Willem Brakel, Fries theologist (Reasonable Religion), dies at 76 1703 Birthday John B Wesley, England, religion co-founder, Methodists 1689 Event English Parliament guarantees freedom of religion for Protestants 1681 Event Hungarian parliament promises protestants freedom of religion 1669 Event French King Louis XIV limits freedom of religion 1660 Event English king Charles II ends Decl of Breda (freedom of religion) 1635 Birthday Willem Brakel, Frisian theologist, Reasonable religion 1609 Event Emperor Rudolf II grants Silezische protestants freedom of religion 1609 Event Emperor Rudolf II grants Bohemian protestants freedom of religion 1609 Event Majesteitsbrief: Emperor Rudolf II grants Bohemia freedom of religion 1571 Event Emperor Maximilian II grants Austrian adel freedom of religion 1567 Event War of Religion - Huguenots try to kidnap king Charles IX 1564 Event Willem van Orange demands freedom of conscience/religion 1555 Event Freedom of Religion in Augsburg 1552 Event Treaty of Passau: Emperor Charles V accepts Lutheran religion 570 Event Religion of Islam (submission) founded in Mecca 392 Event Emperor Theodosius declares christian religion, state religion
